Shaving-mug.



A. H. EHLERT.

SHAVING MUG.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-26, 19:4.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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ARTHUR H. EHLERI OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHAVING-MUG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed August 26, 1914. Serial No. 858,680.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. EHLER'), a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Mugs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to shaving mugs, and more particularly to that character of shaving mugs which include a mug proper, a soap container and a shaving brush support, and has for a further object to provide a shaving mug which will present a neat and effective appearance and which will be clean and sanitary, as well as form a structure which will take up very little room and be compact.

The invention further embodies the provision of a shaving mug wherein the soap will be kept separate from that portion of the body of the mug which is adapted to receive water for use in forming a lather with the soap and wherein, furthermore, the brush will be so supported as to be protected from dust or dirt.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shaving mug, showing the cover in open position, with the brush removed; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the shaving mug shown in Fig. 1, showing the cover in closed position and the brush supported in the mug; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 1 is an elevation of a modified form of shaving mug, with parts of the mug body broken away to disclose the underlying structure.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a receptacle 10, forming the mug body and which is adapted to contain water for use in forming a lather, with the usual shaving soap. The receptacle 10 can be formed of porcelain and preferably includes a base 11 extending slightly to one side of the receptacle 10 to support a soap container 12 having a hinged cover 13 and which is adapted to contain the shaving soap, it being understood that the configuration of the soap container 12 can be changed for the purpose of carrying shaving soap in the nature of a disk or in the nature of a stick.

A cover 1 1 is provided for the receptacle 10, and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the said cover is mounted to swing on the receptacle, the receptacle being of a somewhat circular nature and the cover being also concave so that the entire device, when the cover is in closed position, will present a neat and effectlve appearance. A lug 15 is preferably formed with the cover 1 1 and is adapted to engage a side of the receptacle 10 when the cover is thrown into open position in order to limit the opening movement of the cover, the said lug being also adapted to constitute a grip 0r handle when it is desired to swing the cover into open position.

A substantially circular brush supporting member 16 is formed within the receptacle 10 on the bottom thereof and is adapted to receive the butt end 17 of a brush 18 so that the brush will be held in vertical position within the receptacle. A tubular brush protecting member 19 is carried by the cover 11 and projects from the inner face of the cover and communicates with an opening 20 formed in the cover, the said opening being normally closed by a suitable lid 21. The free end of the brush protecting member 12) is preferably curved to form a rest 22 for supporting the brush 18 when the cover 14: is in open position and the brush is in use.

After the receptacle 10 has been used for shaving and it is desired to pack the shaving mug away, the receptacle is first cleaned out and the cover 11 is then swung into closed position. When the cover is in closed position the brush protecting member 19 will be in vertical alinement with the brush supporting member 16 within the receptacle, and in order to properly support the brush upon the receptacle, the said brush is passed through the opening 20 and permitted to drop into the receptacle 10 so that the butt end 17 thereof will be received in the brush supporting member 16, it being thus apparent that the bristle part of the brush will be received within the brush protecting member 19 and encircled thereby so that the bristles will be protected and prevented from spreading apart, thus holding the bristles in relatively compact position. By closing the lid 21 the shaving brush will be prevented from coming in contact with dust or dirt and will be kept in a clean and sanitary condition within the receptacle. \Vhen it is desired to remove the brush from the receptacle it is only necessary to swing the cover into open position and the brush .can

then be readily taken outofthe supporting I member 16.

In Fig. 4 I disclose a modified formof 5 device and in which instance the receptacle has a cover 23 pivoted to swing horizontally thereon, the said cover 23 having a 7 brush protecting member 24 similar to the brush protecting member 19 and which projects upwardly from thecover, and is also proyided with a lid-25 similar to the lid 21 showI1-in I *igs."1' ,-2 and 3. The receptacle as shown in ig. 4 also includes a brush mug, shown 'the'coverto swing horizontally,

although in each instance the brush protecting members are ada' 'ated to be disposed in vertical aline'ment' with the brush supporting' members when the covers arein closed position so that the brush will be similarly supported in each of the shaving mugs shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A shaving cup comprising a receptacle,

acover for the receptacle, a brush supporting member in the receptacle to support the brush vertically therein, and a tubular protecting member carried by the cover and depending from its under side to receive an end of the brush therein when the cover is closed.

2'. A shaving cup comprising a receptacle, a cover for the receptacle. a brush supporting member in the receptacle to support the brush Vertically therein, a tubular protecting member carried by the cover and depending from its under side to receive an end of the brush therein when the cover is closed, and a supplementary cover on the first mentioned cover for normally closing the upper end of the tubular brush protecting member.

3. A shaving cup comprising a receptacle, a cover for the receptacle, a brush supportingmember in the receptacle, to support the brush vertically therein, and a tubular protecting member carried by the cover to receive an end of the brush therein when the cover iselosed.

In testimony whereof I a'iiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR H. EHLERT.

Witnesses:

I KLEIN, CHARLES NAFTOLOVATZ.

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